A cool guide on knowing cameras

Except there are now mirror less cameras

Here's a great interactive guide to how cameras work. Pretty much every graphic on the page is interactive. https://ciechanow.ski/cameras-and-lenses/

"The mirror flips up, and the shutter opens"

THAT'S WHY IT GOES DARK IN THE VIEWER WHEN YOU TAKE THE PICTURE.

Honestly, I have no idea how I didn't realize this, but I always thought it was the shutter closing during a photo that caused it to go dark. No idea why I thought that, because it doesn't make any sense.

I feel like this type of guides are only understood by people who already know how different camera settings affect the picture quality. As a such person it's really difficult to imagine myself in the place of a total novice but I can imagine this not being helpful at all.

I like Aperture Science!